CME Sponsor Activities

What Providers Should Know

• Certified mediators are required to report 16 hours of continuing mediator education (CME) credits as detailed below:
   
• County: 16 hours which includes 4 hours of mediator ethics, 2 hours of domestic violence and 1 hour of diversity/cultural awareness
• Family: 16 hours which includes 4 hours of mediator ethics, 4 hours domestic violence and 1 hour of diversity/cultural awareness
• Dependency: 16 hours which includes 4 hours of mediator ethics, 4 hours of domestic violence and 1 hour of diversity/cultural awareness
• Circuit: 16 hours which included 4 hours of mediator ethics, 2 hours of domestic violence and 1 hour of diversity/cultural awareness
• Appellate: Appellate mediators automatically fulfill their CME requirement by reporting 16 hours in their family, circuit or dependency certifications.
   
• The Dispute Resolution Center (DRC) does not pre-approve mediation activities. There is no application or fee charged by the DRC to program providers. For a program to qualify for CME, it shall “have a significant intellectual or practical content and shall constitute an organized program of learning directly related to the practice of mediation.”
   
• CME hours are based upon a 50-minute hour.
   
• To advertise that your program contains CME credits, you may use the following language on your program announcements, “This course is eligible for up to ________ CME hours. Mediators are required to self-report those hours at the time of their renewal.
   
• Mediators will self-report their CME hours at the time of their individual renewal. Mediators do not send the DRC proof of attendance after each activity.
   
• Mediators should keep documentation of their CME activities in the event that they are audited at the time of renewal. The documentation that we are advising that mediators retain, and the organization provide is a program agenda with time frames and topics reflected, a certification of attendance/completion, a copy of their registration information, or any other similar documentation.
   
• CME requirements are part of the Operating Procedures Governing the Certification of Mediators @ here.

Contact

For additional information please contact the Dispute Resolution Center at 850-921-2910 or at DRCmail@ifaexports.com.